Britain Reopens Debate On War Debt Payments
Great Britain shelved the immediate debt payments issue amid shortages for armament and preparedness. A June 15 installment may default. officials said Britain will not press payments or negotiate cancellations with Washington. Roosevelt and state department were silent on the war debt plan to total 13.67 billion dollars, with a significant portion already in default.
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Great Britain
Rncan
Britain
Washington
Foreign Office
Anthony Eden
Ign
Blum
France
Paris
London
Labor Voters of NC Back McDonald and Policies
The Labor Voters of North Carolina urged support for Dr Ralph McDonald for governor and endorsed his policy aims. District leaders reported the push and backed labor acts including the Way labor relations act and the Better Housing act.
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Labor Voters of
North Carolina
Here T
Ralph Medeas
McDonald
Sandefeur
Winston
Lawrence
Federation of Labor
Theyllenbogen
Carolina Congressional del
Middle Of Road Stand Taken By M. E. Conference
The quadrennial Methodist Episcopal conference in Columbus Ohio approved a policy statement called the peace pact of Methodism. It urged the church to speak on social and economic questions without endorsing communism or fascism and favored united study over division.
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Columbus
Methodist Episcopal Church Conference
G. Bromley Oxnam
Depauw University
Oxnam
Liberal Methodist Federation For Social Service
Dance and Smoke, Teachers Are Told
George C. Bowman superintendent of North Adams schools urged teachers to “dance, smoke, dress in style and live like other people.” He told the Parent Teacher association and Berkshire county educators that teachers’ suppressions and frustrations make nervous, less receptive children.
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Pittsfield
Maass
George C. Bowman
North Adams School
Parent-Teacher Association
Berkshire County
31 Hurt As Pickets Clash With Police In Panama Pacific Sail
About 1,000 pickets and sympathizers clashed with over 100 policemen at the noon sailing of the Panama Pacific liner Virginia to the West Coast. Thirty-one were injured and five were arrested in the resulting confrontation.
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New York
Virginia
West Coast
Two Jews killed in Jerusalem cinema crowd attack
In Jerusalem on May 16 an unidentified man fired into a crowd leaving a motion picture house, killing two Jews and fatally wounding a third. The assailant fled and no motive was announced.
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Jerusalem
Ciano Promoted to Colonel in Blackshirt Militia
Count Galeazzo Ciano son in law of Premier Mussolini has been promoted from major to colonel in the Blackshirt militia, announced tonight in Rome.
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Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Roosevelt to Name Georgia Delegates After Primary Scrub
Georgia Democrats will cast 24 votes for President Roosevelt at the Philadelphia convention. Roosevelt was the sole entrant in the state presidential primary, set for June 3 but canceled after the registration deadline. His $10,000 entry fee will be returned to supporters, and Roosevelt will name the Georgia delegates.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Native Runners Seek Americans in Ethiopian Frontier
Sure-footed native runners moved along rough southern trails to locate about sixty Americans, all missionaries and families in remote villages such as Gofa Kambata Jimma and Wolamo. With Addis Ababa cut off since Mussolini's advance the runners aim to reach the Americans and report their status.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Gofa
Kambata
Jimma
Wolamo
Giant Zeppelin Sails On Second Flight To America
The Hindenburg departed from Frankfurt at 5 35 AM for Lakehurst New Jersey on its second transatlantic mission. Captain Ernest Lehmann led the flight with Hugo Eckener staying behind.
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Giant Zeppelin
America
Frankfort
Germany
Tle
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Hoey Prophecies Defeat In Battle To Split Democrats
In GOLDSBORO Clyde R. Hoey forecasts the defeat of the campaign to split the Democratic Party and promotes continued progress under Democratic leadership. McDonald in Hendersonville attacks the Raleigh machine and calls for a new tax deal. Graham in Concord urges reorganizing the highway and public works commission with a revenue official and 11 member panel. McRae in Carthage advocates economical government and credit to sound federal and state principles.
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Hoey
Goldsboro
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
South
Ralph Meslanders
Hendersonville
Ralph W. McDonald
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Concord
Andy Graham
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Highway Commission
Carthage
John A. McRae
America
McRae
Three convicts still at large after Oklahoma penitentiary break
In McAlester Oklahoma on May 16 officials reported swift progress after Wednesday’s prison breakout. Henry Moore an Indian farmer was released unharmed as Claude Fu gate surrendered six miles north of Antlers. Beavers the ringleader fled after a brief capture attempt and Beavers, Bohannon and McArthur remained at large as officers captured Pugh near Savannah and Anderson and Herring near Antlers.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Henry Moore
Claude Fugate
Antlers
Claude Beavers
John O'Neill
Jess Cunningham
Beavera
Julius Bohannon
A. C. McArthur
C. D. Powell
W. W. Gossett
Claud Pugh
Savannah
Bill Anderson
Archie Herring
Name Bus Company In $50 000 Suit
R C Goodwin of Cary filed a $50 000 suit in Wake County Superior Court against Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines and T Lacy Williams administrator for the estate of driver L G Aldard over the December 22 bus plunge that killed Pauline Goodwin near Hopewell Miss.
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Name Bus Company
Raleigh
R. C. Goodwin
Cary
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines
Pauline
Greyhound
Igen River
Hopewell
Miss Goodwin
New York
Fied
Wake County Superior Court
Greyhound Lines
T Lacy Williams
L. G. Aldard
Auto Hits Train Seven Die In Posible Wedding Party Crash
Seven men and boys, returning from a wedding, were killed when their car crashed into the side of an Erie freight train at the West Austin town crossing in Youngstown Ohio. The dead include Dominic Pachell 10 Peter Pachell 29 Patrick Pachell 24 Sam Carrozino 18 John Carrozino 12 Guy Peters 25 and Carl Pachell 24.
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Youngstown, CO
West Austintown Crossing
Dominic Pachell
Peter Pachell
Patrick Pachell
Sam Carrozino
John Carrozino
Guy Peters
Carl Pachell
Wisconsin man shows furred fish tale in altered story
Fred Kranhold presented a mounted specimen claiming a trout with fur, head and tail as trout, body covered in fur, said to be caught in a northern lake with no location given. The report notes uncertainty about the rabbit trapping note.
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Appleton, Wis
Fred Kranhold
Democrats Set Up Organization Across North Carolina
North Carolina Democrats organized their county units in all 100 counties on May 16 and prepared for the final three weeks of campaigning. Fifty three statewide and congressional candidates, plus numerous county and legislative contenders, faced a busy June primary. Delegates to the state convention in Raleigh were elected for June 12, while Republicans also mobilized in local races.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Bart
Hosiery Mills For Self Regulation
Charlotte May 16 Taylor R Durham secretary of the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers association says nearly all large hosiery mills in North Carolina have joined the self-regulation program of the seamless division. The national group aims to enlist at least 85 percent of capacity to support cooperative standards on hours wages working conditions and production aligned with the former NRA code.
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Charlotte
Taylor R. Durham
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association
North Carolina
National Organization of the Industry
NRA
Peace Time Record Set By Army Bill
President Roosevelt signed a landmark peace time army appropriation the largest in U S history as Congress nears final action on a navy supply bill expected to push total defense funding to about one billion dollars for next year. Skepticism grows over speed of passage for a bill authorizing 54 new naval auxiliary vessels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Greek Statesman Panagot Tealdaria Reported Dead
ATHENS May 17 former premier Panagot Tealdaria was reported dead early today at age in apparent congestion. Some sources said he never recovered from the overthrow of his government in October 1985 when royalist officers carried out a coup before the recall of King George II.
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Athens
Panagot
Tealdaria
George II
Delinquent Girls Visit White House Amid Hopeful Outing
In Washington on May 16 60 inmates of the National Training School for Girls prepared for a visit to the White House at the invitation of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The girls dressed rehearsed on the White House grounds while Mrs. Roosevelt noted they were entitled to an occasional good time away from their gloomy surroundings.
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Washington
White House
National Training School For Girls
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
No Inquest In Triple Killing
A coroner's verdict found Sheriff William B. Young murdered and a 65-year-old Negro and his sister killed while resisting arrest on a felony charge. Orange county ends its inquiry after a six and a half hour gun battle. five officers and posse members wounded as the house burned and the suspects fled.
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Gordonsville
William B. Young
Orange County
Stuart Robertson
Young
Luciano Tied to Prostitution Ring in New York Trial
Charles "Lucky" Luciano was linked by testimony to the city prostitution network as prosecutors press the compulsory prostitution trial. Witness David Marcus admitted booking women into houses controlled by the Luciano syndicate for a commission.
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New York
Charles “Lucky
Luciano
New York City
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Dewey
Underworld
David Marcus
Luciano Syndicate
Marcus
Dewey
Necharie
Tiwaa Luciano
Ist
Smith Case May Break Wider Extortion Ring
Alfred E. Smith Jr claims a Chelsea hotel tryst turned into a blackmail plot. Max D. Krone remains jailed on 60 000 bond while A Henry Ross posts 5 000 bail under a joint indictment. Hastings says the attorney will cooperate fully with investigators.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
Chelsea
Max D. Krone
Lberty
New Japanese Troop Moves Into Chinese Garrisons
Chinese observers note new Japanese troop depots advancing into northern mainland garrisons. Diplomats, including the American, weigh possible outcomes as Nanking protests Tokyo. Soviet border incidents are reported. Tokyo issues budget figures with large army and navy allocations for 1936-37.
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Priping
Nippon
China
Soviet
Russia
Nanking
Tokyo
Peiping
Tientsin
Japan
Manchukuo
Great Wall
Rouen Archbishop Defies Vatican Deposition
In Rouen France Archbishop Andre Debois De La Villerabe aged 72 refuses to relinquish his post as apostolic administrator after a Vatican deposition naming Monsignor Jean Chollet to replace him. Debois decries the move calling for a personal appeal to Pope Pius XII while lease-law keeps him in residence.
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Rouen
France
Pope Pius
Andre Debois de la Villerabe
Vatican
Jean Choliet
Cambrai
Monsignor
Bertin
Monsignor Chollet
de la Villerabel
Episcopal
Pius
Garner Has Good Day Fishing In North Carolina
MANTEO N C May 16 Vice President John N Gaftye and a group of senators guests Rep Lindsay Warren of North Carolina had a good days fishing today Proceeding to the fishing grounds off on Inlet at 8 a m they landed 55 blue fish and a channel bass Gaftye had luck from the first and landed five blues weighing 35 pounds The vice president then decided he d had enough fishing for the day and sat down to rest while the others began hauling them in.
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Manteo
N. C
John N. Gaftye
Lindsay Warren
North Carolina
Albemarle Approves Supplemental Tax By 664 Vote
In Albemarle on May 16 residents voted a local supplemental tax with a majority of 664 in favor. The measure affects funding for local services and required a public referendum before implementation.
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Albemarle
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